Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
There was but one thing which stopped both from happening: The PRC. Recently declassified British files prove it and many people know this already. If you look at all US/UK/French colonies around the world, just about every single one with substantial population became self governing and democratic around 1970. Except Hong Kong.
I'd love to see a reference to the declassified documents.
That HK did not become self-governing and democratic is precisely why right of abode in the UK should be granted.